The best Bible verses for addiction include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for addiction, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"So all the officials and people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their male and female slaves and no longer hold them in bondage. They agreed, and set them free."Jeremiah 34:10
"So all the officials and people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their male and female slaves and no longer hold them in bondage. They agreed, and set them free."Jeremiah 34:10
"Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so."1 Corinthians 7:21
"They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him."2 Peter 2:19
"This matter arose because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves."Galatians 2:4
"The word came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim freedom for the slaves."Jeremiah 34:8
"Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak."1 Corinthians 8:9
"the other man’s conscience, I mean, not yours. For why should my freedom be judged by another’s conscience?"1 Corinthians 10:29
"Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God."1 Peter 2:16
"Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."2 Corinthians 3:17
"Recently you repented and did what is right in my sight: Each of you proclaimed freedom to his countrymen. You even made a covenant before me in the house that bears my Name."Jeremiah 34:15
"For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman; similarly, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave."1 Corinthians 7:22
"Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible."1 Corinthians 9:19
Scripture returns to addiction often enough that no single verse covers it. The 15 passages below come from across the Old and New Testaments, and they do not all say the same thing — read together they give a fuller picture than any one of them does alone.
Each links to a study page with the full passage, its context, and the text in six translations, so a verse that catches your attention can be followed properly rather than left as a fragment.
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The most-cited Bible verses for addiction are Jeremiah 34:10, 1 Corinthians 7:21, 2 Peter 2:19. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to addiction across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for addiction, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.